Server Operation Engineer

ASTREYA ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

ASTREYA ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LIMITED seeks a System Administrator to support and maintain large-scale data center systems for building management and security.

You will handle ticket-based tasks, OS installations, server maintenance, lifecycle management, and cross-team collaboration to ensure reliable infrastructure. Required: Bachelor's in CS or related field, Linux proficiency, Bash/Python scripting, and automation tools such as Ansible, IPMI, and PXE boot.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in CS or related field as required.
• Ability to work under pressure with strong learning ability.
• Good English; Mandarin preferred; team player; able to work independently.
• Knowledge of Data Center interdependent functions and technologies.
• Familiar with basic data analytics skills.
• Experience with remote OS installations (PXE boot).
• Can run Bash/Python scripts and use automation tools like Ansible.
• Familiar with Linux systems, hardware fault localization.
• Basic TCP/IP concepts and general troubleshooting.
• Awareness of IPMI and NCSI for out-of-band management.
• Strong documentation habits.

Responsibilities

• Create DC layouts and plan servers onto racks; coordinate mountings.
• Develop capacity management strategies for large-scale data centers.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Program Management, Ops, and DC Development teams.
• Plan and execute server delivery projects, including OS installations.
• Maintain daily server operations, troubleshooting, repair, and break-fix.
• Maintain asset and rack data in internal systems; incident tracking via ticketing.
• Work with remote vendors to resolve hardware batch failures and problems.
• On-call duty to address business-side issues; monitor asset status.
• Erase drives or configurations for retiring/relocating servers.
• Retrofit tools by updating/writing scripts; manage RMAs.
• Oversee server network troubleshooting and lifecycle management.

Skills

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Ansible

Linux systems

TCP/IP basics

Server hardware

Data center operations

English communication

Mandarin preferred

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

PXE boot

IPMI

NCSI

Job description

What this Job Entails:

The System Administrator is expected to facilitate operational support to and on behalf of the assigned team. The assigned team supports and maintains a variety of large and global scale systems for building management and physical security operations. The skill set required is industry typical 'systems administration', including working knowledge of various networking systems. Work is ticket based, and the team would be expected to procedurally work through tickets (submitted via a template) to resolution.

Your Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for creating DC layouts and planning the servers onto racks, coordinating the server mountings
   • Assist in the development and implementation of capacity management strategies for server deployments in large-scale data centers, optimizing resource utilization.
   • Support cross-functional collaboration with Supply Chain, Program Management, Operations, and Data Center Development teams to gather server requirements and ensure adequate provision of space, power, and rack capacities.
   • Contribute to the planning and execution of server delivery projects, including operating system installations.
   • Collaborate effectively with a team of professionals in a fast-paced environment.
   • Support the early stages of data center design and construction, promoting efficient and sustainable solutions.
   • Apply foundational knowledge of server energy efficiency and scalability best practices within the data center industry.
2. Install the operating systems for new mounted servers
3. Responsible for reinstalling the server operation systems, solving the abnormalities.
4. Responsible for the daily server maintenance, troubleshooting, repair and follow-up break-fix of the server and other hardware
5. Maintain data on internal systems including asset management, ticketing, rack related data
6. Work with remote vendors or other teams to solve hardware batch failures and problems
7. Oncall on duty, responsible for dealing with the problems raised by the business owner side
8. Collect and check online assets status or issues
9. Erase drives or other configurations for retiring or relocating servers.
10. Retrofit some tools by updating or writing scripts
11. Submit and track the part RMA or media destruction process
12. Server network troubleshooting
13. Server lifecycle management
14. Other server operation related work

Required Qualifications/Skills:

1. Bachelor's Degree in Computer science, Electrical engineering or any other relevant fields

2. Strong ability to work under pressure; Strong learning ability, broad technical interest;

Strong sense of responsibility, full of enthusiasm for work

3. Good communication skills in English, Mandarin is preferred, good team work spirit; Ability to work independently

4. Knowledge of the interdependencies of Data Center functions and technologies, including

Facilities

5. Familiarity with basic Data Analytic Skills

6. Experience with massive remote OS installation such as PXE boot

7. Can understand and run Bash Shell or Python scripts

8. Familiar with simple automation tools, such as Ansible

9. Familiar with Linux systems, able to locate server hardware/baremetal faults; Strong analytical and problem solving skills

10. Basic TCP/IP knowledge concepts - Subnetting, VLANs, DNS, IPv6; Ability to perform general troubleshooting

11. Knowledge of out-of-band/lights-out server communication methods, such as IPMI and NCSI

12. Strong documentation skills and habits

Preferred Qualifications:

• Automation and scripting experience